Month: October 2017

5 THINGS TO KNOW

LGBT college students suffer from depression and suicide thoughts in alarming numbers.

October 25, 2017 compassq Comments Off on LGBT college students suffer from depression and suicide thoughts in alarming numbers.

When compared to their straight peers, LGBT college students are experience depression and contemplate suicide 4 times more. The study was initiated by Rutgers’ Tyler Clementi Center is largest of its kind in U.S. higher education history. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: https://news.rutgers.edu/lgbtq-college-students-experience-depression-suicidal-thoughts-four-times-more-frequently/20171023#.WfCJJFtSzIV

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Gay Chechnyan pop star kidnapped, tortured and murdered when he returned to his homeland.

October 25, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Gay Chechnyan pop star kidnapped, tortured and murdered when he returned to his homeland.

The gay purge going on in Chechnya now has a face. Zelimkhan Bakayev has been missing since early August when he was returning to Chechnya from Moscow. The country’s leader, anti-gay strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is rumored to be responsible. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4761396/gay-pop-star-zelimkhan-bakaev-tortured-to-death-in-sickening-anti-lgbt-purge-in-russian-hellhole-chechnya/  

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Is Republican Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore asking for a civil war to overturn same-sex marriage?

October 24, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Is Republican Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore asking for a civil war to overturn same-sex marriage?

Republican Alabama Senate nominee Roy Moore boasts that the US Supreme Court was wrong in 1857 when they ruled that slaves were property and that they did the same by approving same-sex marriage. This is the same man who argues that homosexuality should be against the law. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/356844-roy-moore-scotus-gay-marriage-decision-even-worse-than-1857-pro-slavery

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Electric shock is only one torture used against gay men in Azerbaijan.

October 24, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Electric shock is only one torture used against gay men in Azerbaijan.

The increased attacks on the LGBT community in many former Soviet block countries have left many in the west only guessing at the tortures they have endured. Here are the firsthand accounts of the beatings, abuse and forced medical examinations that those in the LGBT community are put through. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/azerbaijan-gay-men-abuse-lgbt-arrests-crackdown-torture-electric-shocks-a8016291.html

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75% of Australians have voted in the same-sex marriage survey.

October 24, 2017 compassq Comments Off on 75% of Australians have voted in the same-sex marriage survey.

Closing in on the November 7th deadline, almost 12 million Australians have voted in the same-sex marriage survey. An amazing percentage which is greater than Brexit. While most believe the “yes” side will win, it’s not a binding vote and will still have to be made into law by the politicians who have fought against same-sex marriage. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/samesex-marriage-poll-update-survey-response-nears-12-million/news-story/2c2f6411d32c3a77bdbf01fb7b3e8605

HEROES

Incredible support for his gay son by a Super Bowl Coach.

October 24, 2017 compassq Comments Off on Incredible support for his gay son by a Super Bowl Coach.

NFL coach Jimmy Robinson was extremely supportive when his son came out as gay. His concern was a his having a harder life ahead of him. Being supportive meant he never hid his son’s sexuality to his bosses at The New Orleans Saints, The Greenbay Packers or The Dallas Cowboy. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality READ MORE HERE: https://www.outsports.com/2017/10/24/16528724/jimmy-robinson-nfl-coach-gay-son